If you are engaging with housing as an investment vehicle, you are part of the reason why there is a global housing crisis.

Housing is a human right and should be legislated as such.

Why the Nazis are back, and in America of all places

Whelp, I've got cancer. It's the second time I've had it. About 9 months ago I was told the docs would treat me but I probably wouldn't make it.

Its been a hell of a time.

It's a blood cancer so at the moment I look normal from the outside. I've changed a lot though, in the sense that I've become more me.

I don't give a shit about anything except for spending time with people I like. I especially don't care about money or work.

It (death) is taking a lot longer to happen than I thought it would.

The real trip has been seeing other people's reactions; I accepted it early on but other people have had very different reactions. Mostly I think they just don't know how to react, or they don't think it will actually happen, or both.

I don't think the human mind is capable of understanding the concepts of "eternity" or "oblivion" very well.

I do believe in God but it's still scary.

Its the everyday things that catch you off guard; the other day I was wondering when the next soccer world cup would be, then I realised I probably wouldn't be around for it.

I think when I finally die it will be a relief from all the physical pain.

Stop trying to turn this place into R. We left because it was shit. If you don't like this place, go somewhere else.

IT for 20 years

Can't use a live CD

Uh huh

Ce n'est pas grand-chose, mais c'est un travail honnête

Some business guy, who stole ideas, apparently.

What's a "hacker mindset" and why do you need one to use this app?

Update: The homepage explains "hacker mindset" by linking to the wiki article for hacker lol

Check your neck for extra beard hairs, or your legs for knee high socks

I'm not a pilot but it really irritates me when the media reports that a pilot "crash landed".

A crash is an uncontrolled collision with terrain, other aircraft, birds etc.

When a pilot attempts to land in emergency circumstances, it's just that- an emergency landing.

Sully didn't crash the plane on the Hudson river, he performed an emergency ditch manoeuvre which pilots train for.

Saying "crash landing" is an oxymoron. What the reporters usually mean is something along the lines of, "The pilot attempted an emergency landing on rough terrain but was unable to successfully bring the plane to a complete stop before crashing into trees."

Guns are a right, but you can be jailed for getting an abortion. The US is turning into a third world country.

Simple. Buy an older car and spend the extra money maintaining it. Reducing demand is the only language consumers have that businesses understand.

It doesn't have to be ancient; even 5-10 year old cars don't have this bullshit.

It's a small community, which is rare on the internet these days.

Its noncommercial, which is almost completely unheard of on the internet these days.

The Defendant

OP you sound exactly like me at that age. I was diagnosed with kidney disease at 16 and got a transplant after one year of dialysis at age 27.

Things were amazing after that but now I've got terminal cancer at age 41.

Make the most of everything you've got while you still can.

M I D D L E

M A N A G E R S

This is the real reason why companies are trying so desperately to camcel WFH. Covid revealed the truth (that we knew all along) that these people add no actual value to a company. They're only there to act as a buffer between the C-suite and the peasants.

One has to wonder if this is a "time travel back to kill Hitler" style plot gone wrong

"Bob, why the hell did you format this as 'Jim sux dicks'?! You know that's permanent, right?"

10K years later

Alien captain: Anything to report?

Alien: We need to find a being named "Jim", sir...

Even if her husband was OK with it, she still should have told you she was married. The fact that she didn't would be enough to make me end it. I mean, if they have an open marriage, why avoid mentioning it?

He blocked funding for 9/11 first responders. Are you OK with that? Those people are dying, but "oh, don't be rude to Mitch!!". Get fucked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEsHtpqQfD0

Every medical question on social media ever:

American: I have this problem

Response: Have you seen a doctor?

American: No.

The reddit sub r/raisedbynarcissists may help you, OP.

What you're describing was exactly how my mother treated me at your age, sadly.

I'm in my 40s now and the only effective strategy I've found is to physically remove myself or suspend contact when her behaviour gets bad. I don't even bother to explain or argue any more.

Why wait? Install it now. I would recommend Mint as a beginner distro.

UCAS? Epq?

Not today, CIA

1996 wants its hot take back

I've literally never read any kind of online privacy guide that has said anything like "Facebook is fine". Not sure where you're getting that opinion from.

The waters have been muddied enough that I don't think we'll ever know for sure, but I think it's certain to say that he had a pretty fucked up childhood, which meant that at the very least his behaviour as an adult was extremely strange.

Taipei responds with a high speed go fuck yourself

To paraphrase George Carlin, by definition half of the population is below average intelligence. But nobody thinks they're in that bottom half.

The real debate is whether it's sudo or sudo.

I know it means "super user do" so should be pronounced "sue doo", but it just grates on my ear. To me it will always be "Sue dough"

Came here to say this. Friendship will develop naturally if you have a hobby in common. Takes the weirdness away, gives you something to talk about.

Meetup.com is very useful

There's already projects going for open source firmware for pre existing hardware, such as inkbox and KoReader

I'm also watching the open book project. I'm hoping that supporting it will enable things to progress to the point where it gets in the hands of schoolchildren in developing countries

The "why" doesn't matter. If you don't like it, change the shortcuts on your own machine. That's the beauty of Linux.

It's not just nostalgia. I absolutely want a phone I can throw at a wall and put back together without it costing me money.

That's just Miley Cyrus

Quite honestly the biggest game changer for me was understanding that you don't have to feel like doing something in order to do it.

Force yourself to do it for five minutes, and 99% of the time you get in the groove and realise "Oh, this actually isn't so bad" and before you know it, you're done.

Every day I exercise (walking) and every single time it goes like this:

1. Don't wanna do it
2. Start doing it anyway
3. It's done
4. Feel good that I did it

Sounds kinda ominous until you read the subheading haha

What did he actually shoot at though? He had no verified target. Did he just empty his clip wildly into thin air? What was he pointing his gun at?

Edit: holy shit, he shot at his own cop car with a suspect in the back